‘Carrie Lam has made her choice.’

Activist from Hong Kong Joshua Wong, citing Jesus’ teaching that no man can serve two masters, in a tweet on the decision by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, a professed Catholic, to enact an emergency measure to ban masks in Hong Kong due to the protests. Wong said Lam’s loyalty is to Beijing.

‘It’s like waking up in a nightmare.’

Lori Beatrice, of Phoenixville, Pa., on an invasion of the spotted lanternfly in Pennsylvania. The 1-inch-long bugs fly in people’s faces, land on them, and dump their sticky waste everywhere. The laternfly is currently threatening Pennsylvania’s $4.8 billion wine industry.

‘Incompatible with human dignity.’

The United Kingdom’s Employment Tribunal on a doctor’s Biblical beliefs on human sexuality. The Department for Work and Pensions forced Dr. David Mackereth out of his job after he refused to use transgender pronouns. The tribunal ruled that Dr. Mackereth’s beliefs are not “worthy of respect in a democratic society.”

‘I don’t know if this is possible, but can I give her a hug, please?’

Brandt Jean, younger brother of murder victim Botham Jean, to the judge in the trial of former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger, who had been convicted of murdering Botham Jean. During his victim impact statement, Jean forgave Guyger and said, “I want the best for you, because that’s exactly what Botham would want you to do, and the best would be to give your life to Christ.” The judge allowed the hug.

‘I feel like the last violinist on the Titanic.’

Venezuelan chef Jonathan Morales on wanting to leave the country. More than 4 million Venezuelans have left the socialist country as its economy sinks.